The cause is in themselves, because they want faith. For if we had faith, we could want nothing. "For faith feareth no famine," as saith an ancient father. And another saith, for as much as all things are God's, he that hath God can want nothing: if he himself be not wanting unto God. Therefore to have God is to have all things. For if we have him our friend we have enough, we need go no further. For he will make men our friends: yea, he will make angels, and all creatures to be serviceable unto us: he will give them a special charge to look to us, to guard us, and to do continual homage unto us. Therefore, let us make God our friend, and then have we done all at once that may concern our good, both for this life and a better.

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